In a Jackpot (1915)
Mr. Newlywed cannot resist a trip to the club even the night following his marriage and comes home in the small hours of the morning, after promising Wifie to be there at twelve. As he comes in the cuckoo clock strikes two and he vainly cuckoos ten times to fool wife, but falls over a chair and spoils it all. In the morning Wifie lays the law down to him and makes him promise not to go to the club. During the day she receives notice of her mother's sudden illness and leaves. As hubby has promised not to go to the club he brings the club to him and they are having a lovely time. The city detectives have been watching the Lovejoy apartments in which Newlyweds live and have found that a gang of gamblers are carrying on their "services" every night. They resolve on a raid this night and surround the house. Wifie returns unexpectedly and hubby spies her when she first comes near the house. A wild scene follows his attempts to get his friends away before her arrival. In the confusion of the getaway they are taken for real gamblers by the police and exciting chases follow, ending by Newlywed's friends being taken to court. Wifie comes in to find hubby with a rag about his head and awfully sick. She gives him the simple old remedies of mother's time, such as hot water and mustard plaster which he is forced to take. His friends are arraigned before the judge and plead not guilty. They tell the judge to phone their friend Mr. Newlywed, who will vouch for them. He phones the house and wife answers the phone and indignantly tells the police that hubby has been very sick and certainly has not been playing cards. The story closes by the friends finally getting off and Wifie, after reading the riot act to hubby, agrees to let him go to the club occasionally.
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GenresComedy
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Eddie Lyons | Director |
| Al Christie | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Eddie Lyons | |
| Victoria Forde | |
| Neal Burns |
